Cereal prawns is one of a favorite dish among prawn lovers, this dish is available at most Cze Char stall in Singapore or Malaysia and a plate of it and cost up to $25SGD (maybe around 10 prawns only)!! Yeap, it is not a cheap dish and for me, I only ordered it when there is a big group of us eating or for a specific celebration or when there is someone is the group who loves eating prawns!!
Personally, I think that the dish is overpriced and that is why I decided to give this dish a run for its money! It is the second time I am cooking this dish and the first was a failure and that is why I didn't post it. I shall share with u my learning's and the end of this post.
You will be amaze that the ingredients for this dish is really simple but it is the cooking that requires some skills.
Ingredients: (Serves 2~3)
12 medium prawns
A handful of curry leaves (around 2 stalks)
3 packets of 3in1 cereal
2 gloves of garlic
1 knob of Butter (40~50gram)
Oil for frying the prawns
Seasoning of prawns:
Salt and black pepper
Tapioca flour
Directions:
Devien the prawns and leaving the shell in-tact
Cut away the front portion of the head of the prawns
Clean the prawns with water
Marinate the prawns and a pinch of salt and black pepper
Coat a light layer of tapioca flour on the prawns
Set aside for 5 to 10 mins
Heat up wok and pour in oil
Deep fry the prawns for roughly 1 min or when you see that the prawns turn pink and crisp
Scoop up the prawns and drain the oil from it
Remove the excess oil from the frying of the prawns
Heat up the wok and put in the butter and the garlic
Fry the garlic till light brown and add in the curry leaves
Add in prawns and continue to fry for around 2 to 3 mins until you are able to smell the fragrance of the curry leaves
Turn off heat and pour in the cereal mix and continue to fry until all the prawns are coated with cereals
Dish out and serve!
*Note: If you want to add some crisp on your cereal, try pan frying your cereal mix (without oil) before adding it to the prawns.
Personally, I think that the dish is overpriced and that is why I decided to give this dish a run for its money! It is the second time I am cooking this dish and the first was a failure and that is why I didn't post it. I shall share with u my learning's and the end of this post.
You will be amaze that the ingredients for this dish is really simple but it is the cooking that requires some skills.
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| The main ingredients |
12 medium prawns
A handful of curry leaves (around 2 stalks)
3 packets of 3in1 cereal
2 gloves of garlic
1 knob of Butter (40~50gram)
Oil for frying the prawns
Seasoning of prawns:
Salt and black pepperTapioca flour
Directions:
Devien the prawns and leaving the shell in-tact
Cut away the front portion of the head of the prawns
Clean the prawns with water
Marinate the prawns and a pinch of salt and black pepper
Coat a light layer of tapioca flour on the prawns
Set aside for 5 to 10 mins
Heat up wok and pour in oil
Deep fry the prawns for roughly 1 min or when you see that the prawns turn pink and crisp
Scoop up the prawns and drain the oil from it
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| Drain the oil from the fried prawns |
Heat up the wok and put in the butter and the garlic
Fry the garlic till light brown and add in the curry leaves
Add in prawns and continue to fry for around 2 to 3 mins until you are able to smell the fragrance of the curry leaves
Turn off heat and pour in the cereal mix and continue to fry until all the prawns are coated with cereals
Dish out and serve!
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| Tasty! |
Overall, my cereal prawns is pretty good but it find that it was rather sweet and that is probably due to the sugar inside the 3in1 cereal packets. So my advice is try to use maybe only 2 packets of the 3in1 and top up more plain cereal or just filter away the creamer and sugar of the 3rd packet of 3in1. And lastly, I will not use tapioca flour to coat my prawns cause it gave the prawns a sticky feeling. I will use corn flour or normal flour on my next try.
I hope you will give this a try cause it is pretty easy and you will feel satisfy knowing that you are able to cook 麦片虾 at home!! And the best thing is, the cost for this dish is less than $10SGD!! *Note: If you want to add some crisp on your cereal, try pan frying your cereal mix (without oil) before adding it to the prawns.
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